currency format in laravel

Question

I am using currency format in lots of places in my blade files. I am using number_format to show a proper currency format. So it looks like this

<p>${{ number_format($row->nCashInitialBalance, 2) }}</p> // $1,123.00
<p>${{ number_format($row->nCashCalculatedBalance, 2) }}</p> // $300.50
<p>${{ number_format($row->nCashPaymentsReceived, 2) }}</p> // $2,341.15
<p>${{ number_format($row->nCardFinalBalance, 2)}}</p> // $234.10

if I don't use it it looks like this

<p>${{ $row->nCashInitialBalance }}</p> // $1123
<p>${{ $row->nCashCalculatedBalance }}</p> // $300.5
<p>${{ $row->nCashPaymentsReceived }}</p> // $2341.15
<p>${{ $row->nCardFinalBalance }}</p> // $234.1

Also for the input fields I am using toFixed(2) in lots of places.

#nDiscount_fixed").val() = parseFloat( $("#nDiscount_fixed").val()).toFixed(2);

Isn't there an easiest way to show all the variables as proper currency format? I have used number_format and toFixed(2) almost more then 50 times now.

Answer 1

You could create a custom Laravel directive. You still need to call that directive at every place you need it but comes with the benefit that if you ever want to change the code (e.g. replace number_format with something else) you only have to update that directive.

Example (taken from the docs and updated for your use case) (in your AppServiceProvider boot method):

Blade::directive('convert', function ($money) {
    return "<?php echo number_format($money, 2); ?>";
});

To use it in Blade:

@convert($var)

Answer 2

You can add a custom Blade directive in the boot() method in your AppServiceProvider.php file.

For example:

Blade::directive('money', function ($amount) {
    return "<?php echo '$' . number_format($amount, 2); ?>";
});

And in your Blade file, you will just have to use @money() like this:

@money($yourVariable)

Answer 3

I would most not use a "directive"... I found it cleaner to do the same logic as an accessor on the model.

public function getAmountAttribute($value)
{
    return money_format('$%i', $value);
}

Answer 4

You can use PHP's built-in NumberFormatter. For Laravel, wrap it in a directive or use in an accessor in the model, its up to you OR it depends on the situation where you exactly need the formatting.

• This is supported in PHP 8
• A multi-purpose class to format different types of numbers including currency, amounts in decimal numbers, percent values etc.
• Its based on country/region locale, for example en_US

OOP Style

$amount = new NumberFormatter("en_US", NumberFormatter::CURRENCY);
echo $amount->formatCurrency(1123, 'USD'); // outputs $1,123.00

Procedural Style

$amount = numfmt_create( 'en_US', NumberFormatter::CURRENCY );;
echo numfmt_format_currency($amount, 1123, 'USD'); // outputs $1,123.00

Answer 5

You can create helper functions to use in Blade:

In app/Helpers.php:

<?php

function toCurrency($value, $currency, $fractionDigits = 0)
{
    $acceptedCurencies = ["USD" => "en_US", "VND" => "vi_VN"];

    if (!in_array($currency, array_keys($acceptedCurencies)))
        return $value;

    if (!is_numeric($value))
        return $value;

    $formatter = new NumberFormatter($acceptedCurencies[$currency], NumberFormatter::CURRENCY);
    $formatter->setAttribute(NumberFormatter::FRACTION_DIGITS, $fractionDigits);
    $formattedNumber = $formatter->format($value);

    return $formattedNumber;
};

In app/Providers/AppServiceProvider.php:

public function boot(): void {
    require_once app_path('Helpers.php');
}

In Blade:

{{ toCurrency($item->price, "USD") }}

Result: $1,000,000

Answer 6

If you want to format negative numbers, you'll need to do it this way:

Blade::directive('money', function ($amount) {
        return "<?php
            if($amount < 0) {
                $amount *= -1;
                echo '-$' . number_format($amount, 2);
            } else {
                echo '$' . number_format($amount, 2);
            }
        ?>";
 });

In your blade file use:

@money(-10)

If you make edits to your directive, you'll need to clear your view:

php artisan view:clear

Answer 7

If you are using Laravel Cashier you can use the Laravel built-in formatAmount() method.
In your boot() method in AppServiceProvider

Blade::directive('money', function ($expression) {
    return "<?php echo laravel\Cashier\Cashier::formatAmount($expression, 'gbp'); ?>";
});

In your blade view Total: @money($proudct->price)

Output- Total: £100.00

Note:

• Don't forgot to importing
• Clear config (if needed) php artisan config:clear

Answer 8

Check out my money package for PHP (Laravel).

In the config you can choose a number of decimal places after the decimal point and money origin (int or float):

'decimals' => 2,
'origin' => MoneySettings::ORIGIN_INT,

After that, all money objects will have 2 decimal places. For INT origin 100$ will be as 10000 (100 * 10^2) number.

Then create an instance and display it:

money(10000)->toString(); // "$ 100"
money(10000, currency('RUB'))->toString(); // "100 ₽"

You can add easily customize displaying of each object by passing it to the money() helper function or you can apply it for all further objects by setting up the config file.

Answer 9

Use this solution:

{{"$ " . number_format($data['total'], 0, ",", ".")  }}